Morning Work Fun for the Summer Sun

Summer is just around the corner, and I am happy send my little ones off with some summer fun themed Morning Work Stations these last few weeks of school. In case you still have some weeks left like I do, or if you’re just looking for summer fun, you can check out all the activities included in my Summer Morning Work Stations sets below. If you would like to know where I secured all the goodies that go along with these fun, engaging stations, just click HERE. It will take you to my materials list. Scroll down to the very end where you will find Summer’s.

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So here’s everything you’ll see . . .

1.Fun at the Beach Sight Word Links

Students use shell letter cards and editable sight word cards to practice their sight words by linking them together with plastic links.

Shell letter cards or real shells with letters written on them or beads with letters

Self-correcting beach bucket cards

Response sheet (Included in this set and optional)

If you want to make it even more engaging, grab some shells and write the letters on them. Students can line them up in order to spell the word.

3. Fun at the Beach Links Numbers and Quantities

Using those same plastic links, student link together numbers with quantities, ten frames and tally marks. These numbers are easily differentiated when you limit the number of cards offered. This set has numbers 0-20 available along with their corresponding quantity, ten frames and tally marks.

Fun At The Beach Themed Number Cards and Quantity Cards printed on cardstock and laminated for durability (Included in this set)

Sensory bin with thematic items

4.Fishy Fishy Sand Tray Sight Words Trays

These editable sight word cards allow you to offer sight word practice at all students levels. Simple differentiate by printing off different lists on different colored card stock. Students can use their fingers or a pencil to practice writing the words.

Fishy Fishy Sight Word Cards (available in this set)

Small cake pan or cookie sheet

Thematic fishy pencil

Blue colored sand or salt

Fun Fish Sprinkles or confetti (optional)

5.Melon Playdoh Counting Math Mats

Play-doh is always a great fine motor tool. This way students can get a little fine motor work incorporated with number recognition and counting.

Laminated number mats printed on cardstock for durability

Dough for making number and melon seeds.

6.Melon Playdoh Ten Frame

If your students are working with ten frames, this set might be more appropriate.

Laminated number mats

Dough for making the number (and representing the quantity in a ten frame)

Optional: manipulatives for showing the quantity instead of playdoh

7. Melon Playdoh How Many More To Make Ten

And if you have students who are ready to figure out how many more to make ten, this set is probably perfect.

Dough Laminated number mats on cardstock for durability

Dough Dry erase markers

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers for erasing (optional)

Manipulatives (Optional if you wish to use something other than dough: pompoms, buttons or seasonal manipulatives.)

8.Playdoh Fill the Fish Tank, Set the Table, Build a Cone

I also love to offer some more open-ended type play-doh fun. With these mats, students complete the pictures by adding fish to a fish bowl, picnic items to a picnic table or build an ice cream cone.

Always a favorite of my students, q-tip painting this in this set include a beach ball, sun, bucket/shovel, flip-flop, sunglasses and, of course, ice cream.

Q-tip picture sheets printed on white paper.

Q-tips

Washable tempera paint

11.Star Spangled Sort and Count Items

Therapy putty offers such a great fine motor tool for your students. By hiding a few thematic items in the putty, you can make it a great fine motor and math activity. And you can differentiate it very easily. Using this set, they are just sorting by color . . .

15.One More Ice Cube

This station can be used for other skills as well. In this station, you are working on adding ‘one more.’ Students complete the equation by using the tongs to move the ‘ice’ and then write the equation on the bottom.

When it is completed, they simply open the card to confirm they did it correctly.

Self-correcting cards printed on cardstock, laminated and secured with a clothespin.

Playing mat printed on cardstock and laminated for durability. Tongs (optional)

17.Under The Sea for Numbers Spin To Win

I found these sweet oceans themed rubber toys (much like rubber ducks) at the Dollar Tree. I knew they would be perfect for a morning workstation. I mean just look at how fun they are. I simply wrote numbers on the bottom. Students take turn using tongs to select an ocean critter, read the number on the bottom and then spin the spinner to see if the greater or less than number wins both critters. The student with the most critters, in the end, is the winner.

18.Counting On Ants

By using little plastic ants, students at this station will work at counting on. Don’t worry if you don’t have plastic ants, you can always use black buttons or beads for the same effect. Students use tongs to move the number on the card and then write that number and the numbers that come after on the mat.

After the mat is complete, they open the self-correcting card to check their work.

Self-correcting cards printed on cardstock, laminated and secured with a clothespin.

Playing mat printed on cardstock and laminated for durability. (One for each student.)

Tongs

Plastic mini ants or little ants painted on flat white marbles (or you could use black pompoms, buttons or beads)

Dry erase marker

19.Counting Back Ants

This counting back mat has the same idea in mind, but students count back.

They complete the mat and open the card to assure they did it correctly.

Self-correcting cards printed on cardstock, laminated and secured with a clothespin.

Playing mat printed on cardstock and laminated for durability. (One for each student.)

Tongs

Plastic mini ants or little ants painted on flat white marbles (or you could use black pompoms, buttons or beads)

Dry erase marker

20.She Sells Sea Shells Missing Addend Self-Correcting Fun

Missing addends are tricky business, so I like to make sure my students get LOTS of practice. This missing addend set is fun and it gives them that practice. Students use the shells and number bond mat to complete the equation on the self-correcting card. Once they have completed the equation on the mat . . .

they open the card to see if they were successful. Self-correcting cards make things so independent and that makes me feel better knowing they are getting the feedback they need.

21.Summer Fun Sticker Count (ice cream cone, fish, sand bucket, star)

Who knew stickers could be such a great hit? Any kindergarten teacher that’s who. I collect stickers when I see they are on sale or when I find interesting ones. I wanted to find some really great ones for a more summery theme as my year winds down, and these seemed perfect. There are several different response sheet options and pictures available in this set. Students count the stickers they use and record their answer.

Sticker recording sheet printed on paper. One for each child. (There are two to choose from.)

One sheet allows students to trace and total up all the stickers used.

One sheet allows you to place a specific sticker next to a box. Students use those three types to outline the template and then count up the individual stickers of each type and record the number next to the sticker in the box.

22. Fishy Addition Printable Book

Because my insect addition book was such a hit with my students in the May Set of Morning Work Stations, I decided to add this Fishy Addition version. Students use stamp pads to make fish for the fishbowl to represent the equation on the page.

24.Summer Yummy Gel Bead Roll and Win

. . . with this option, they roll a die and try to be the first to fill the bottom of their cookie cutter. If you want to make it more difficult, change up the dice you use. This one is a dice in dice.

26.Star Spangled Constructing Letters and Words

I found these transparent star table scatter pieces at Hobby Lobby but you can use any red and blue manipulative that you can find to complete this station. Red, white and blue buttons, beads or flat glass marbles would all work great. Students simply use the manipulative to make the letters on their Star Spangled Letter Cards.

For students who are working on sight words, these editable word cards will allow them to practice the words they still need to master.

28.Fishy Container Count

Grab some Dollar Tree mini containers and paint a fish on the top. Find some cute erasers, buttons or fish beads and place different quantities in each container. Label the containers with a number on the bottom and hand your students a response sheet to record how many they find in each container. I make a little more challenging by making this a ‘no hands’ station. Students have to use tongs to take the items out of the container and to move them to sort them.

29. Fishy Container Addition

Need a bigger challenge? Use two different colored fish and have students complete the equation to show how many of each fish they found in the container and what sum of the two types are next to the corresponding containers’ number. Because I realize that you may not have fishes lying around, I also have response sheets for stars and ice cream/popsicle manipulatives.

30.Watermelon Lowercase/Capital Matching Puzzles

My students love puzzles and when you hide the pieces in a thematic sensory bin, it makes it even more fun and engaging. It’s also super simple to differentiate this station . . . there are four different options, just print the watermelon slices on different colored cardstock to help organize the different skills. There’s one for lowercase to capital matching . . .

35.Under The Sea Letter Match Up

Use more of the rubber sea creatures that I found at the Dollar Tree, or these sweet rubber fish or even seashells for this station. You can write the letters that YOU need on the editable playing mat and then print the corresponding letters on the manipulatives. Students take turns selecting a little fish with tongs and then read the letter on the bottom matching them to the mat. The object is to be the first to cover your mat first.

Rubber fish (You can get these at Dollar Tree or there are some available thru Amazon.) or small toy fish that are programmed with sight words of your choice.

One editable playing mat per student at a station with your selected letters (Included in this set.)

42. Star Spangled Straw Cut Up and Necklaces

I found festive red, white and blue straws at my local department store and knew my students would love cutting up straw beads and lacing them on a ribbon. It’s such a simple idea and a great way to work those fine motor muscles.

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